‘Strange World’ Is Disney’s First Animated Movie Wh a Gay Lead. Why Is It Beg Buried?

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LIST: 'STRANGE WORLD' REVIEWS ABOUT DISNEY'S FIRST OUT GAY, CHARACTER, BIRACIAL QUEER TEEN

Updated on June 7th, 2022 by Danielle Bnti: In the wake of Florida's extremely ntroversial "Don't Say Gay" bill and the strong cricism that me om wh The Walt Disney Company for not speakg up, seems like Disney is fally unrstandg out important LGBTQ+ reprentatn is for s fans and s st members. While the word "gay" never is spoken  Better Nate Than Ever, the notn that Nate is gay is hted at relentlsly. Phastos is a geni and ventor turned superhero who also happens to be openly gay.

Artie Cella is an openly gay character who teracts wh the ma character throughout the new movie that foc on Cella Vil om 101 Dalmatians. Artie is able to be his thentic self and actor John McCrea is happy wh his portrayal of Artie and believ him to be a gay character, but Disney yet aga ma the mistake of not fully lvg to Artie beg an openly gay character.

Orka and Flix Star Wars Ristance are two openly gay characters who aren't human and are actually two different speci but are openly a relatnship the seri.

‘STRANGE WORLD’ IS DISNEY’S FIRST ANIMATED MOVIE WH A GAY LEAD. WHY IS IT BEG BURIED?

Jungle Cise hasn't technilly been released yet, but Disney has been clear that one of the major characters the movie, McGregor Houghton, will be gay.

There's been a lot of ntroversy surroundg the announcement of Houghton beg a gay character.

Certa groups are upset at the ia of a children's movie reprentg the LGBTQ+ muny while progrsiv are upset at Jack Whehall's stg, believg a gay actor should be st, and the ia that might be a stereotypil, harmful reprentatn. Viewers may not remember the gay prce om The Prcs Diari 2, and maybe that's bee the movie don't actually show him person. In early 2017, Disney XD progrsed even more wh portrayals of gay love wh the rtoon Star Vs.

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Before the live-actn versn of Bety and the Beast me out 2017, director Bill Condon announced an terview that one character would have a gay sp.

LeFou, Gaston's right-hand man, would be gay, the director said, g excement and anticipatn om the LGBTQ+ muny. Cys Goodman om Andi Mack was Disney's first character to ever utter the words, "I'm gay, " 2019. The show's creator and executive producer Terri Msky said that Cys and his story were largely spired by Terri's dghter's iends, who knew that they were gay middle school.

Pixar jt released a new short, aptly tled Out, that foc on a young man named Greg who has a secret: he's gay, and he has a boyiend named Manuel. It's the first Disney movie featurg an out-gay character named Ethan Cla, played by gay edian Jaboie Young-Whe. " Below are 11 excerpts om media webs and the different tak crics had on the gay character, characters Disney, Marvel?

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Photos of 8 Disney, Marvel characters who are gay, lbian or bisexualUSA TODAY lls 'Strange World' 'extremely morn'"Fans of pulpy 1930s and ’40s hero such as Doc Savage and Flash Gordon will dig the over-the-top actn vibe, yet “Strange World” is extremely morn s them.

It taps to real-world issu of nservatn and staabily of natural rourc, and there’s a strong sense of cln – Ethan’s a biracial gay teen, Legend mak up for a missg leg wh boundls energy – and the most wele aspect is that 's all pretty normal. (Ethan tak after gramps the adventurg partment, but he’s also sensive and openly gay a way that has never been more explic a Disney movie.

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A Brief Timele of Disney's 17 'First Gay Characters' .

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